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VANCOUVER, Wash. — A toddler is in critical condition after authorities say she was severely beaten by her father at a Vancouver motel.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the 2-year-old was injured by at the Sunnyside Motel around 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Arriving deputies say they found 32-year-old Kyle Stephen Holder kicking the child. The Columbian reports (http://goo.gl/lpwdLl ) a probable cause affidavit says Holder threw her out the window, then walked outside and repeatedly threw her to the ground.

Authorities say a hotel resident tried to intervene using a baseball bat. Deputies used a Taser to subdue the suspect.

The girl was taken to a Portland hospital in critical condition. Holder was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. After treatment he was booked into jail on an attempted murder charge and had bail set at $1 million.

Police say Holder told them he didn’t want to kill the girl, but he had to so she could “go up to the sky,” documents said.